Part 5: A story of surprise, constant learning and inventing

“In creativity, origin is present.” – Jean Gebser

You don’t need to read this part if you want to start with Collective Presencing in an existing group or team. Described here are some elements of what it takes to be part of a living ecosystem or a self-organising network. Just as I experienced while being active in the global Art of Hosting network, the Collective Presencing community of practitioners is not linked to an organization, there isn’t an accreditation program and there are no classical bosses or managers.

This part describes some elements of being a living collective, not about being an organization; as there isn’t one. The link between us, practitioners, is mainly formed by the wish to be together in ongoing practice and the call to bring more of the potential into being. It means that we engage with an ever-shifting, long-running inquiry, where the guiding question more or less changes with every season.

There is a minimum of governance required though, because there is a website, a zoom account, some financial gifts and a database. The form this simple governance of a self-organising system takes is also in constant flux, depending on the needs of the network, the unfolding of its potential and on passion and energy of the people.